Li Sun

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Li Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Li Sun has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Oncology and 19 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Li Sun's work include Bone Metabolism and Diseases (33 papers), Bone health and treatments (21 papers) and Estrogen and related hormone effects (10 papers). Li Sun is often cited by papers focused on Bone Metabolism and Diseases (33 papers), Bone health and treatments (21 papers) and Estrogen and related hormone effects (10 papers). Li Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Li Sun's co-authors include Mone Zaidi, Jameel Iqbal, Tony Yuen, Harry C. Blair, Baljit S. Moonga, Maria I. New, Yuanzhen Peng, Alberta Zallone, Etsuko Abe and T. Rajendra Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Li Sun

82 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

FSH Directly Regulates Bone Mass

2006 540 citations Li Sun, Yuanzhen Peng et al. Cell profile →
The myokine irisin increases cortical bone mass

2015 384 citations Graziana Colaianni, Concetta Cuscito et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Li Sun United States	38	2.3k	1.1k	876	825	743	85	4.7k
Jameel Iqbal United States	28	1.5k 0.6×	817 0.8×	833 1.0×	755 0.9×	309 0.4×	72	3.4k
Jong Deok Ahn South Korea	10	2.3k 1.0×	661 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	1.0k 1.2×	668 0.9×	11	4.5k
Cyrille B. Confavreux France	25	1.5k 0.6×	732 0.7×	1.4k 1.6×	1.1k 1.3×	686 0.9×	86	4.4k
Takuo Fujita Japan	40	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	940 1.1×	892 1.1×	654 0.9×	344	5.8k
Na Kyung Lee South Korea	21	2.3k 1.0×	569 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	1.0k 1.3×	512 0.7×	72	4.7k
Yoshiki Seino Japan	39	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	648 0.7×	751 0.9×	507 0.7×	238	6.0k
Bram C. J. van der Eerden Netherlands	32	1.6k 0.7×	471 0.4×	505 0.6×	440 0.5×	410 0.6×	131	4.2k
Rob vanʼt Hof United Kingdom	30	1.9k 0.8×	257 0.2×	829 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	620 0.8×	95	4.2k
Dengshun Miao China	46	3.6k 1.5×	556 0.5×	981 1.1×	1.7k 2.0×	734 1.0×	195	7.7k
Charles Vinson United States	17	2.3k 1.0×	353 0.3×	508 0.6×	405 0.5×	652 0.9×	25	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Li Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Li Sun

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Li Sun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Li Sun. The network helps show where Li Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Li Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Li Sun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Li Sun. Li Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Deng, Ming, Zhen Li, Li Sun, et al.. (2025). Liver MRI–derived Proton Density Fat Fraction Predicts Diabetes Risk in Patients with Obesity: A Dose-Response Study. Radiology. 317(1). e250026–e250026.

Zaidi, Mone, Daria Lizneva, Sakshi Gera, et al.. (2020). Beyond bone biology: Lessons from team science. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 38(11). 2331–2338.

Zaidi, Mone, Li Sun, Peng Liu, et al.. (2016). Pituitary-bone connection in skeletal regulation. Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation. 28(2). 85–94. 14 indexed citations

Colaianni, Graziana, Concetta Cuscito, Teresa Mongelli, et al.. (2015). The myokine irisin increases cortical bone mass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(39). 12157–12162. 384 indexed citations breakdown →

Iqbal, Jameel, Li Sun, Jay Cao, et al.. (2013). Smoke carcinogens cause bone loss through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and induction of Cyp1 enzymes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(27). 11115–11120. 99 indexed citations

Qin, Weiping, Li Sun, Jay Cao, et al.. (2013). The Central Nervous System (CNS)-independent Anti-bone-resorptive Activity of Muscle Contraction and the Underlying Molecular and Cellular Signatures. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(19). 13511–13521. 58 indexed citations

Tamma, Roberto, Li Sun, Concetta Cuscito, et al.. (2013). Regulation of bone remodeling by vasopressin explains the bone loss in hyponatremia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(46). 18644–18649. 101 indexed citations

Sun, Li, Jiangping Pan, Yuanzhen Peng, et al.. (2013). Anabolic steroids reduce spinal cord injury-related bone loss in rats associated with increased Wnt signaling. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 36(6). 616–622. 45 indexed citations

Zhu, Lingling, Harry C. Blair, Jay Cao, et al.. (2012). Blocking antibody to the β-subunit of FSH prevents bone loss by inhibiting bone resorption and stimulating bone synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(36). 14574–14579. 116 indexed citations

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Colaianni, Graziana, Adriana Di Benedetto, Lingling Zhu, et al.. (2011). Regulated production of the pituitary hormone oxytocin from murine and human osteoblasts. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 411(3). 512–515. 41 indexed citations

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Blair, Harry C., Lisa Robinson, Christopher Huang, et al.. (2011). Calcium and bone disease. BioFactors. 37(3). 159–167. 59 indexed citations

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Blair, Harry C., Lisa Robinson, Li Sun, et al.. (2011). Skeletal receptors for steroid‐family regulating glycoprotein hormones. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1240(1). 26–31. 21 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Jameel, Li Sun, & Mone Zaidi. (2010). Complexity in signal transduction. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1192(1). 238–244. 11 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Jameel, et al.. (2010). The crossover of bisphosphonates to cancer therapy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1211(1). 107–112. 12 indexed citations

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Zaidi, Mone, Li Sun, T. Rajendra Kumar, M.R. Sairam, & Harry C. Blair. (2006). Response: Both FSH and Sex Steroids Influence Bone Mass. Cell. 127(6). 1080–1081. 10 indexed citations

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Sun, Li, Terry F. Davies, Harry C. Blair, Etsuko Abe, & Mone Zaidi. (2006). TSH and Bone Loss. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1068(1). 309–318. 48 indexed citations

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Sun, Li, Jameel Iqbal, Samir Zaidi, et al.. (2006). Structure and functional regulation of the CD38 promoter. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 341(3). 804–809. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, Shunqing Wang, Wei Shi, Li Sun, & Xu Feng. (2005). Receptor Activator of NF-κB (RANK) Cytoplasmic Motif, 369PFQEP373, Plays a Predominant Role in Osteoclast Survival in Part by Activating Akt/PKB and Its Downstream Effector AFX/FOXO4. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(52). 43064–43072. 25 indexed citations

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Zhu, Lingling, Samir Zaidi, Baljit S. Moonga, Bruce R. Troen, & Li Sun. (2004). RANK-L induces the expression of NFATc1, but not of NFκB subunits during osteoclast formation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 326(1). 131–135. 18 indexed citations

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Moonga, Baljit S., Robert M. Davidson, Li Sun, et al.. (2001). Identification and Characterization of a Sodium/Calcium Exchanger, NCX-1, in Osteoclasts and Its Role in Bone Resorption. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 283(4). 770–775. 24 indexed citations

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